Settee-bed.



J. PHILLIPSON.

SETTEE BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY5, 1906. 927,81 1 Patented July 13, 1909.

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UNITE STATES ATENT EGFFIGE.

JACOB PHILLIPSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SET'IEE-BED.

To all whom it may COTICGIN.

Be it known that I, Jncon PHILLIPSON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of (ook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Settee- Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved piece of folding furniturc adapted to be readily extended to form a bed or lounge and to be folded up to form a chair, settee, or sofa; to provide an improved arrangement whereby one section of the furniture may be supported on a rocking base so as to be readily tilted to one position for extending the furniture, and to another position for folding the same to provide for properly folding or extending the furniture through the mere movement of one of the parts along the floor; and to provide an im proved arrangement of supports for the folding parts. These objects are accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device constructed according to this invention taken on the line 11 of Fig. 3, showing the parts folded in the form of a settee. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same device extended in the form of a bed. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the device extended as shown in Fig. 2.

The seat or body part 2 is supported on rollers 8. The back 4 is pivoted to the seat at 5, and is pivoted at 6 to the extension 7. Said extension is provided with a pair of rockers or sectors 8 having on each of their under surfaces a strip of rubber or other suitable friction material 9. This serves to anchor the rocker against sliding along the floor when the seat is moved for folding the parts in the form of a settce or extending the same in the form of a bed. The seat 2 is made in the form of a box having a bottom 10, cover 11, and recesses 12 for receiving the sectors or rockers 8. Each of said recesses is protected at its inner side by the Walls 13 and 14. These Walls together with the wall 15 form a completely inclosed box in which bedclothcs may be kept. The back 4 has a flat part 16 slightly depressed from its side rims on the main part of its frame. The extension 7 has a similar flat part 17 slightly depressed from the main part of its frame or side rims. The back 4 and exten- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1906.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 324,854.

sion 1 have pivoted thereto the supporting ari'ns l9 and l9 which are pivoted together and to the cross-bar which forms a middle support when the device is in its extended form. The arms l9 and ill with their crossbar 20 hang between the back 41, and exten sion 7 when in the folded position.

In operation, the device may be stood in a folded position in the form of a settee, as shown in Fig. l, with the extension 7 against a wall. To extend the device to form a bed, it is merely necessary to pull the box or body 2 away from the wall on its rollers. The extension 7 will now be tilted on its rockers 8 until the parts assume the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rockers 8 now form a support for holding the extension 7 on a level with the upper surface of the box 2 and back 4. The cross-bar 20 will now rest upon the floor and will form a middle support, together with the arms 18 and 19. For convenience in shipment or storage, the back 4 and extension 7, when folded together, may be folded over upon the seat 2, on their pivotal connection at 5.

l Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a scttee-bed, the combination of a box seat adapted to be used as a receptacle for storing bedclothes and having a recess extending into said receptacle from the rear between the outer side walls of said receptacle, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back, a rocker on the end of said extension and so disposed as to roll into the recess in said seat when the settee-bed is folded.

2. In a settee-bcd, the combination of a box seat adapted to be used as a receptacle for storing bedclothes and having a recess extending into said receptacle from the rear between the outer side walls of said receptacle, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to said back, a rocker on the end of said extension and so disposed as to roll into the recess in said seat when the settee-bed is folded, and an inner projecting Wall for said recess adapted to prevent contact of the contents of the receptacle with said rocker.

3. The combination of a box-seat adapted to be used as a receptacle for storing bedclothes, and having a recess extending into said receptacle from the rear, along the inside of each side wall of the receptacle, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to the back, a rocker on said extension opposite each of said recesses, said rockers being adapted to roll into said recesses When the settee-bed is folded.

4. The combination of a box-seat adapted to be used as a receptacle for storing bedclothes, and having a recess extending into said receptacle from the rear, along the inside of each side Wall of the receptacle, a back hinged to said seat, an extension hinged to the back, a rocker on said extension opposite each of said recesses, said rocl ers being adapted to roll into said recesses when the settee-bed is folded, and an inner Wall for each of said recesses adapted to pre vent contact 01 the contents of the receptacle with said rockers.

5. The combination of a seat, a back hinged thereto, an extension having one end hinged to the upper end of the back and having its other end resting upon the floor and provided With a rocking base having a resilient friction face, adapted to prevent sliding on the floor and adapted to remain in contact With the floor When said extension is rocked thereon either to a horizontally disposed position or to an upright position.

Signed at Chicago this 3rd day of July,

JACOB PHILLIPSON. Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, L. A. SMITH. 

